Rating: - Phew! Hot, Hot, Hot!
I can't believe I'd never seen this movie until this week! I found it on the shelf in my local library's movie section and was intrigued by the title.
Diane Lane (who's never made a bad movie, IMO) and the gorgeous Viggo Mortensen are smokin' hot in this amazing movie set in 1969 at the cusp of a new period in all our lives. It's all about love, freedom, family, and mostly, the power of forgiveness. I totally had flashbacks during the Woodstock scenes which were artfully and soulfully filmed.
Do yourself a favor and buy this movie for yourself as a Christmas gift!!
Rating: - Diane Lane fan
This was a wonderfully romantic film. The music was great, too. It brought back a lot of memories for me because I grew up in the 70's. I would highly recommend it.
Rating: - Excellent movie!
I purchased this for a friend, thinking that she would love it as much as I...and, of course, she did!
This is an earlier movie for all three of the major stars...Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, and Liev Schreiber (1999).
Diane Lane, the actress that needs no words...because her face tells it all...is superb in this film. The decisions that she faces during the period in her life that is portrayed are very real and hit close to home with many viewers.
Viggo Mortensen and Liev Schreiber are both also excellent in this movie, but the core of the story really revolves around Diane and the life decisions that she must make.
Again...EXCELLENT MOVIE!
Rating: - This is a walk to remember...
After I had seen and raved Lane's dynamic performance in `Unfaithful' I was told by many a friend to check out her riveting portrayal of, you guessed it, a cheating spouse in `A Walk on the Moon'. My friends all claimed that she is just as impressive and just as Oscar worthy here as well, but really, all they had to do was say Diane Lane and I was sold (I just love her). I don't know how this movie passed me by, but then again, 1999 was such a rich year for film that it is almost impossible to lay claim to seeing all of them. `A Walk on the Moon' may be a tad predictable (okay, a lot predictable) and it may be formulaic, but the rich performances and the nicely developed script help elevate this film higher than the subject necessarily calls for.
The film tells the story of Pearl Kantrowitz, a young mother of two who is taking the summer vacation with her family to the Catskills. Her husband Marty can only stay in segments for his profession is in high demand (he is a television repair man) beings that Armstrong is about to land on the moon and everyone and their mother wants to watch it on television. While Marty is away, Pearl finds herself falling for Parker, a hippie `blouse salesman' who is spellbound by Pearl's good looks and obvious charm. While Pearl struggles with her own desires she has to try and reel in her fourteen-year-old daughter Alison while avoiding the watchful eye of her mother-in-law Lillian.
`A Walk on the Moon' unfolds rather predictably, with Pearl engaging in an affair, her daughter testing the boundaries of rebellion and her poor husband uncovering the lines of deceit and falling to pieces over it all. The script does contain some inconsistencies and improbabilities (the whole Woodstock thing, while a nice touch, was a tad unbelievable) but the wonderfully fleshed out performances and the overall honesty of the films conclusion make this a very well done film.
Diane Lane is Oscar worthy as Pearl, such a warmly constructed performance that is almost as brilliant as her `Unfaithful' turn. In all honesty I can't for the life of me understand who she was Oscar snubbed for Meryl Streep's mediocre turning in `Music of the Heart' or Julianne Moore's overrated and boring turn in `The End of the Affair'. Lane towers over both of those performances by creating a real woman who is devastated and confused and liberated all at the same time. Live Schreiber, an actor for whom I am steadily becoming more and more impressed with, is amazing as Marty. As the film progresses and he uncovers the truth we can feel his emotions crush inward, and the way he goes from one extreme to the next is believable and heartbreaking. Anna Paquin is sensational as Alison, really matching Lane's ferocity, and Tovah Feldshuh is flawlessly moving as Marty's worrisome mother. Viggo Mortensen, who has turned himself into a fine actor, is less than engaging here. I've never seen the physical attraction there, so maybe that's why his character didn't sell me (in my opinion Schreiber is a much better looking man) but overall I found him underwhelming. He didn't charm me or fascinate me as he should have in order to sell his character.
As a whole I think that `A Walk on the Moon' works very well indeed. Sure, the script could have been tightened a bit, and Viggo could have been replaced, but almost every other element is right in line with where they should be. Lane is a revelation (why is she Oscarless?) and Schreiber is flawless. The honesty that `Unfaithful', the film, lacked (delving into the whole murder-thriller business was a big mistake) `A Walk on the Moon' has in spades.
Rating: - A+ movie
"A Walk on the Moon" was one of the best movie I have seen in awhile. Since my purchase of this movie I have watched it 3 times, my husband has watched it with me also and enjoyed it. Normally this is not a type of movie he would watch.
- Phew! Hot, Hot, Hot!
- This is a walk to remember...